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Information and library services for students of art schools with a focus on dramatic and musical art in the Czech Republic
Fialová, Zuzana ; Papík, Richard (advisor) ; Černá, Milena (referee)
Diploma thesis " Information and library services for students of art schools with a focus on dramatic and musical art in the Czech Republic " aims to analyze the environment of libraries with a fund focused on music and theater, which serves students of art schools. This thesis also describes library and information services and the impact of copyright law to provide services in libraries with a fund containing score, audio and audiovisual media. The last section describes methodology of qualitative research and evaluates research by force field analyzing method and also analyzed findings and recommendations to address the identified facts.
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Service Design in Public Libraries
Šnýdl, Jakub ; Dombrovská, Michaela (advisor) ; Nekolová, Kateřina (referee)
This thesis deals with service design in public libraries. The theses consists of a theoretical part and a practical part. The theoretical part describes the services in public libraries. Then basics and principles of design services are introduced. This is followed by an overview of service design tools and methods suitable for use in libraries. The practical part analyzes services of the Matěj Josef Sychra Library from a user perspective, using tools and methods of service design and some possible improvements of these services are suggested.
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Public Library Services for Visually Impaired: An Analysis
Hrychová, Tereza ; Landová, Hana (advisor) ; Drobíková, Barbora (referee)
The diploma thesis deals with the issue of public library services for visually impaired users. Firstly, the thesis provides a theoretical introduction to the topic. It describes several projects related to the topic, activities of chosen non-profit organizations and fundamental legislation. Secondly, the thesis focuses on provision of library services for visually impaired in public libraries in the Czech Republic and abroad. The practical part of the thesis consists of an analysis of four Czech public libraries and of a qualitative research. Finally, the findings are summarized into several recommendations which could help libraries successfully offer services for visually impaired users.
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The structure of the Municipal Library in Děčín and its services for users
Bednářová, Vendula ; Vášová, Lidmila (advisor) ; Černá, Milena (referee)
(anglicky) The main purpose of this bachelor thesis is to describe the establishing of the Děčín library as well as its organizational structure and services. The first chapter is about the history of the town and its cultural background. The second chapter is about historical development and the current state of library - its organizational structure, equipment and financing is described at the third chapter. All library departments, library services and library collection are described in the fourth part. The last chapter is about library's educational center and the construction of the new library building.
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Methods for measuring service quality in university libraries: a case study of libraries AMU and JAMU
Bártová, Tereza ; Landová, Hana (advisor) ; Drobíková, Barbora (referee)
This thesis examines the issue of measuring the quality of services from a theoretical and practical perspectives. It's trying to define the term quality in the context of library services, particular performance indicators used in practice and try to provide an overview of the possibilities of its measurement in the Czech environment as well as abroad. It describes methods Balanced ScoreCard, Benchmarking, Total Quality Management, ServQUAL and SWOT analysis, which originally came from the commercial sector and Benchmarking of libraries, Bibliotheksindex and LibQUAL +, which were created directly for a field of librarianship. It also maps the various activities in this field at national and international level. The practical part of the thesis consists of a survey in two selected libraries performed on the basis of three selected methods of quality measurement: Benchmarking of libraries, Bibliotheksindex and SWOT analysis. In conclusion of the thesis is based on the information gathered from own experience and practice created a general framework for service quality, the possibility of increasing quality and it's measurement in academic libraries.
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Non-book material loan in selected libraries - exploration of effectivity
Svobodová, Iveta ; Římanová, Radka (advisor) ; Drobíková, Barbora (referee)
The aim of this thesis is to find out information about non-book material loans in Czech libraries whose variety has been extended. Theoretical part deals with library services focused on less conventional services. Second part focuses on exploration of occurrence and details of these services in Czech libraries. Research is carried out through online questionnaires. Selected libraries will be examine in greater detail. Library statistics, interviews with librarians and patrons, analysis of design and marketing will be used with intention to create case studies. The thesis will concluded with comparison of case studies and theoretical part and bring an evaluation of strengths and weaknesses of these services.
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Non-book material loan in selected libraries - exploration of effectivity
Svobodová, Iveta ; Římanová, Radka (advisor) ; Drobíková, Barbora (referee)
The aim of this thesis is to find out information about non-book material loans in Czech libraries whose variety has been extended. Theoretical part deals with library services focused on less conventional services. Second part focuses on exploration of occurrence and details of these services in Czech libraries. Research is carried out through online questionnaires. Selected libraries will be examine in greater detail. Library statistics, interviews with librarians and patrons, analysis of design and marketing will be used with intention to create case studies. The thesis will concluded with comparison of case studies and theoretical part and bring an evaluation of strengths and weaknesses of these services.
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Grammar school's libraries and their activites for reading development and information literacy education
Krčková, Adéla ; Landová, Hana (advisor) ; Slussareff, Michaela (referee)
The diploma thesis deals with grammar school libraries and their activities for reading literacy and information literacy development in the Czech Republic and Sweden. The first part of the thesis defines theoretical methods for reading and information literacy development, current level of reading and information literacy in the Czech Republic and Sweden. Part of the thesis describes school system and legislation of school libraries of both countries. Practical part of the thesis is composed of analysis of websites of the libraries and comparison of one Czech and one Swedish school library.
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Public Library Services for Visually Impaired: An Analysis
Hrychová, Tereza ; Landová, Hana (advisor) ; Drobíková, Barbora (referee)
The diploma thesis deals with the issue of public library services for visually impaired users. Firstly, the thesis provides a theoretical introduction to the topic. It describes several projects related to the topic, activities of chosen non-profit organizations and fundamental legislation. Secondly, the thesis focuses on provision of library services for visually impaired in public libraries in the Czech Republic and abroad. The practical part of the thesis consists of an analysis of four Czech public libraries and of a qualitative research. Finally, the findings are summarized into several recommendations which could help libraries successfully offer services for visually impaired users.
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The analysis of society attitudes and the access of libraries to the disabled people
Molíková, Barbora ; Fonferová, Ľudmila (advisor) ; Buřilová, Marcela (referee)
This study focuses on disabled users of public libraries. First, general attitude towards physically handicapped people is analyzed on the basis of literature review. Furthermore, past surveys were utilized in order to describe attitudes demonstrated by library staff in particular as well as approach taken by the libraries in order to ease access for disabled users to library services. Analysis is complemented by overview of current projects aimed to improve accessibility of libraries including communication facilities and tools overcoming construction barriers. General principles of barrier-free access to libraries are derived from this overview. The field survey in the second part of this study evaluates accessibility of selected libraries from the point of view of disables users. The sample focused particularly on libraries which have not been reviewed yet. Particular conditions in each library classify the respective institution to the corresponding category of accessibility. Derived knowledge was published on website of Pražská organizace vozíčkářů, o.s. (Prague wheelchair association, NGO).
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